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    The California sheephead (Bodianus (formerly Semicossyphus) pulcher) is a species of wrasse native to the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its range is from Monterey...
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    age-dependent. For example, the California sheephead stays a female for four to six years before changing sex since all California sheephead are born female. Bluehead...
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    system. A good example of this reproductive behavior is seen in the California sheephead. Hermaphroditism allows for complex mating systems. Labroids exhibit...
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    communities. Natural predators of the California spiny lobster include bony fish such as the California sheephead, giant sea bass and cabezone, sharks...
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    surrounding the island, there are schools of fish like Garibaldi, California sheephead, leopard sharks, white seabass, yellowtail, bat rays, giant sea bass...
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    multiple mating partners is common. Hogfish Several species of cichlid California sheephead Maestripieri, Dario; Mayhew, Jessica; Carlson, Cindy L.; Hoffman...
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    one of the favourite foods of many lobsters, crabs, triggerfish, California sheephead, sea otter and wolf eels (which specialise in sea urchins). All these...
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    anemones, play an important role as a food source for fish, such as the California sheephead, and humans. Benthic macro-invertebrates play a critical role in...
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    Gentoo penguin Galápagos tortoise Horn shark Leopard shark California sea lion California sheephead Octopus Rotterdamistop: Diergaarde Blijdorp - Oceanium...
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    suite of predators including lobsters and large fishes, such as the California sheephead. The effect of removing one predatory species in this system differs...
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    darwini (Jenyns, 1842) (Galápagos sheephead, goldspot sheepshead) Semicossyphus pulcher (Ayres, 1854) (California sheephead) Semicossyphus reticulatus (Valenciennes...
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  • Bullhead triplefin Various sculpins and catfish known as bullhead California sheephead Cownose ray Duckbill Eeltail catfish Elephantnose fish Foxface Harelip...
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    bimaculatus include the California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher), the kelp bass (Paralabrax clathratus), and the California moray eel (Gymnothorax...
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    of San Diego and in the Channel Islands and often served baked. California sheephead are often grilled and are much sought after by spear fishermen and...
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  • world's coral reefs. Sea otters and California sheephead help control the population of sea urchins in the Californian kelp forests. Steller sea lions and...
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    crabs are preyed upon by sea otters, cabezon, California sheephead, octopus, sharks, bat rays, California sea lions, and larger sheep crabs. In the late...
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    San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park (category Municipal parks in California)
    (Halichoeres semicinctus) California Sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) Giant kelpfish (Heterostichus rostratus) California Halibut (Paralichthys californicus)...
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    samuelis include fishes such as the pile perch (Rhacochilus vacca), California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) and the spotted kelpfish, Gibbonsia elegans...
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    kelp forest. The kelp forest provides habitat for fauna such as California sheephead fish, chestnut cowries, garibaldi, giant keyhole limpets, moray eels...
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    Sacramento blackfish, Salmon, Sardine, Scallops, Scorpionfish, Shark, California sheephead, skate, Shortspine thornyhead, Skipjack tuna, Smallmouth bass, Smelts...
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    Anacapa Island State Marine Reserve (category Protected areas of California articles without parameters)
    kelp forests spanning the MPAs and Special Closure. These include California sheephead, Garibaldi (fish), Bat ray, Moray eel, Horn shark, Leopard shark...
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    (such as the southern sea otter, Enhydra lutris), fish (such as the California sheephead, Semicossyphus pulcher) and invertebrates, including crustaceans...
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  • Halichoeres salmofasciatus Labrus viridis Hogfish (Lachnolaimus maximus) California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) Tautog (Tautoga onitis) Thalassoma robertsoni...
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    SS Cuba (1920) (category History of Santa Barbara County, California)
    forms an artificial reef, and supports marine life including the California sheephead. As such, it is now a wreck diving site. Lloyd's Register 1898, CLU–COB...
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    Diplodus puntazzo, the sharpsnout seabream, sheephead bream or puntazzo, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sparidae, which...
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    For populations off the coast of California, anchovies and croaker are prominent food sources. Mackerel, sheephead, whitefish, sand bass, and several...
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    otolith of a freshwater drum (Aplodinotus grunniens), also known as the sheephead fish. The fish's otoliths are quite large and look almost polished and...
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    Daisy Cave (category Archaeological sites in California)
    that the Islanders fished including: "clupeids, surfperch, rockfish, sheephead, flatfish, elasmobranchs, tunas, and other taxa that are essentially the...
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    Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area and Point Vicente State Marine Reserve (category Protected areas of California articles without parameters)
    algae and bryozoans cover the surface of the rocks, while rockfish, sheephead and blacksmith swarm the edges. Abalone Cove SMCA prohibits the take of...
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    Poker Brown Mountains Selenite Range Sentinel Hills Seven Troughs Range Sheephead Mountains Smoke Creek Mountains Yellow Hills The desert has numerous volcanic...
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